A free dawn World Cup screen at Amman’s 6,000-seat Roman Theatre drew more than 15,000 fans; one young man died in Hashemite Plaza.
Qiddiya’s 30-court National Tennis Centre is rising west of Riyadh as rented Saudi tennis events leave, built to own a 2028 ATP Masters slot.
Jordan is digging a 46,000-seat Al-Hussein stadium on Investment Fund land in unbuilt Amra City.
Hassan's Salah-led 26 won Egypt's first World Cup match, beat Australia on penalties, then blew a 2-0 lead against Argentina in Atlanta.
Jordan Pickford paid £5.75m for Kerfield House near Knutsford, the Ferranti-era manor that hosted the Queen, then an antiques family for 38 years.
Saood Variawa won the 2026 Jordan Baja from fourth in Wadi Rum, while Alex McInnes ended Mohammed Al-Balooshi’s five-win motorcycle run.
Jordan Kilganon won Dunkman's $200,000 title with a 540, then sat out the $500,000 league his win helped launch.
Qassim staged the 2026 Asian Road Cycling Championships in February, with Kazakhstan taking the elite titles and Saudi riders winning in para-cycling.
Fifa Laopakdee won the 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur in Dubai, then missed the cut at the Masters and The Open, as UAE golf logged its best week.
Seven attackers took 51 years and six months in prison after Liverpool boxer Anthony Dodson was stabbed in the heart, with the knifeman still unnamed.